Outside the Beltway

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

Framing matters.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

A thought experiment on what we have seen in Portland.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

Federal agents deployed nonlethal force against peaceful demonstrators.

At what point does a demonstration become something else?

The weirdness of Internet outrage culture.

A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.

A controversial monument in Little Italy has been destroyed.

Leadership matters (as does culture).

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

Decades of reform efforts have failed. Is it time for a radical solution?

Not that one. The other one.

The system makes it next to impossible to punish bad cops.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

The contrast could not be more clear.

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

The President is sending a terrible message.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

A seemingly innocent black man has been killed, sparking a wave of outrage.